The Horror Double Bill
Welcome to The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something far greater than the sum of their parts.
Inspired by the legendary BBC2 horror double bills of the 1970s and 1980s, each week we discuss two films that share themes, atmosphere, directors or creators to explore what they say about the time they were made and our fears in the present.
Expect discussions on film and social history, folklore, censorship, cultural anxieties, and a love of horror in all its forms.
New episodes every Sunday.
New episodes every Sunday.
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The Horror Double Bill
Episode 2: The Leopard Man (1943) & Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
The Horror Double Bill Episode 2: The Leopard Man (1943) & Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971) Guilt, madness and the Italian Giallo
Welcome to The Horror Double Bill, where horror is a feeling, not just a genre.
In this episode, we delve into The Leopard Man (1943), a moody psychological thriller from producer Val Lewton. Then we leap into the stylised paranoia of Dario Argento’s Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
We explore the legacy of Val Lewton’s “suggestive horror,” the evolution of giallo cinema, and how both films capture dread through style, sound, and suggestion.
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Sources used for this episode:
The Leopard Man:
Dreams of Darkness by J.P. Telotte
Val Lewton: The Reality of Terror by Joel E. Siegel
Icons of Grief: Val Lewton’s Home Front Pictures by Alexander Nemerov.
Fear: The Autobiography of Dario Argento
Four Flies on Grey Velvet
Four Flies on Grey Velvet by Luigi Cozzi
Broken Mirrors, Broken Minds by Maitland McDonagh
Dario Argento: The Man, the Myths & the Magic by Alan Jones.
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artwork by Justin Parker
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